5 Dec 2012
11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge
British and Continental Silver and Objects of Vertu
Back to auction 19951
British and Continental Silver and Objects of Vertu
Back to auction 19951
A William IV Scottish silver three-piece tea service
by Robb & Whittet, Edinburgh 1841
Inverted baluster form with applied leaf-scroll rims, each body embossed with two central foliate scroll cartouches among swirl flutes and hanging leaves, leaf-capped spout and scroll handles, the teapot with ivory insulators, the dome-hinged cover surmounted by a flowerhead on a leafy calyx, each piece on a scrolling quatrefoil base, height of teapot 20cm, weight 47oz. (3)
Inverted baluster form with applied leaf-scroll rims, each body embossed with two central foliate scroll cartouches among swirl flutes and hanging leaves, leaf-capped spout and scroll handles, the teapot with ivory insulators, the dome-hinged cover surmounted by a flowerhead on a leafy calyx, each piece on a scrolling quatrefoil base, height of teapot 20cm, weight 47oz. (3)
Sold for
£1,500
inc. premium
Category: Decorative Arts / Silver
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